Watch the “Ordain a Lady” video! (posted by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
Toward the end of the comments section of the “Per DP’s Advice” thread (about 415 comments in), commenter wineonthevines posted a video as a little change of pace. I watched it, and it was so funny, I thought it deserved its own thread. It’s called “Ordain a Lady.” I’ll post it here, and after you watch it, I’ll have a little more to say about it.
Now that you’ve seen it, here’s my other comment about the video. When I watched it, I thought it must be a PARODY, a SATIRE, making the women’s ordination crowd look ridiculous–and doing a good job of it! I mean, they trot out the same old, lame old “arguments”:
Hey, I was baptized
And this is crazy
But God just called me
So ordain a lady!
But then at the end I see that this video was produced by those who FAVOR women’s ordination! It’s sponsored by the “Women’s Ordination Conference,” a Roman Catholic activist group. Do they really think this HELPS their cause??
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“Woman priest is my call
Women preaching for all
Don’t listen to St. Paul
‘Cause I can lead the way!”
So you want to listen to St. Paul on some things (Gal. 3:27-28), but not on the parts you don’t like (1 Cor. 14:33-35; 1 Tim. 2:12)?
They defy parody.
I watched this the other day. Got about 15 seconds in and had to turn it off. I just the watched that whole thing. That’s 3 minutes of my life I will never get back. Thanks Pastor Henrickson.
Hey, I was baptized so ordain a lady….yeah okay. I was baptized too so I guess I’ll just got out and ignore the word of god, cheat on my wife, go steal some sugar babies from Walmart.
This video has convinced me that Paul was wrong about everything. He didn’t obviously write under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; I mean, would She really have tolerated his intolerance? I don’t think so. God is Love and that means everyone, so everyone has to be encouraged to do whatever they feel is best, because those are the feelings that are truly from God/dess.
She want’s t be ordained, but doesn’t know that a stole is worn under a chasuble. I don’t know, perhaps I’m focusing on the wrong thing?
The objections of Fielding Mellish apply to the “Ordain a Lady” YouTube video.
Mmmm…sugar babies!
That is a tremendous video. Absolutely mesmerizing. I like how it stressed one of the classic liberal arguments that anyone who disagrees with whatever they’ve decided is true today is “crazy”. Did anyone else get the impression that the lead “lady priest” was gay? Of course, most liberals that I see these days, male or female, seem pretty fruity to me.
I’m apprehensive to watch the video for fear of damaging brain cells…
I saw this the other day when it was in the recommended videos sidebar from watching Fisk. It is good I had an empty stomach when I saw the video. Though, I will give them credit. They admit to ignoring the Bible.
@J. Dean #9: ” I’m apprehensive to watch the video for fear of damaging brain cells…”
There likely won’t be any permanent damage, but the brain cells in your occipital lobe might puke a little.
Wow. Just…wow. As if that song wasn’t corny enough with the original lyrics.
The one redeeming (?) quality of this video is that they admit that to “ordain a lady” you need to ignore St. Paul. Most who favor women’s ordination would twist and torture St. Paul’s words to get them to say something they do not. Honesty is resfreshing.
Wow! This song sums the issue in a very, very clear way in a single lyric:
“Don’t Listen to St. Paul, cause I can lead the way”
She is overtly placing herself (and her desires) above God’s Holy Word. That is the problem in a nutshell. All of the rest of the arguments and discussion points are merely derivative of this.
Don’t have to analyze this–it’s patently offensive and frankly sacrilegious. Some of the gyrations are embarrassingly graphic.
“We are not amused….”
@Carl Vehse #11
Ugh… you were right..
The bad theology concerning both Catholicism and women’s ordination aside, I think we need to establish what it means when one is called by God into the ministry.
Silly papists. I guess they are simply following their pope’s example by exulting themselves above God.
@LW #17,
Maybe they will form a song-and-dance group known as the Antichristettes.
I see a parody to the song “Mr. Sandman.”
“Mister pope-man,
Bring me a dream,
Make her a priest like you’ve never seen…”
Catholicism and women ordination are mutually exclusive as it is in Lutheranism isn’t it? Of course anyone can “self identify” as anything but that is as the song says “That is crazy.”
@Carl Vehse #18
That’s funny. I can already see it on the bright lights of a Broadway. “The Seductress Proudly Presents, Pope Benedict and the Antichristettes.”
Does she plan to be celibate???
@J. Dean #19: I see a parody to the song “Mr. Sandman.”
You’re right…
OK, Pr Henrickson.
I’m waiting.
I KNOW that you, if anyone, can do a parody of a parody.
Here here! I propose that this is the post of the day! I am humbled in light of your literary prowess and clever schemes, Carl! Good stuff!
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I too thought this was a joke or parody when I first saw it, but sadly realized that there is a conserted effort to make this video known world wide (see the Women’s Ordination Conference web site). Yes, they believe that this helps their cause, and for some, it really does. It portrays the authority of Scripture as a foolish and out dated idea and has the material principle of justice and love. Everyone is a priest/minister by virtue of their baptism so wake up Roman Catholic church and do the loving and just thing. It also acknowledges that some Protestant denominations are recruiting disgruntled RC women to be pastors for them. Love, justice, everyone a minister; these things play well in our world today.
There are some in the LCMS that are openly promoting women’s ordination. Aren’t the arguments they are using exactly the same? This is no joke…
In Christ, Clint
Related question, Reverend, and I’m being somewhat rhetorical and exasperated, but also somewhat not: what does it take for a Christian denomination to say to people like this “You really need to leave if you refuse to submit to Scripture as your authority”?
This isn’t directly leveled at Lutheranism (not by a longshot in comparison with other denominations I’ve seen), but it seems as if the tent for Christianity is becoming bigger and bigger, and not in the right way.
@J. Dean #28
What it takes is love and courage! Hebrews 12 (quoting Proverbs 3) teaches us that discipline is a loving act. I pray daily for such love and courage in the LCMS.
In Christ, Clint
LOL!
Saw this on FreeRepublic and now here, dear dear! It *is* wonderful in a crazy, doo-wop lollypop self-refuting more-bounce-to-the-ounce kinda way. I like the girl in the glasses and boots: that’s be me 44 years ago, fruitball at 17.
Since I will treasure the Mr. Pope-man parody for the rest of my life, I will offer this smidge in return:
There once were some ladies whose mania
Was liturgical extemporanea
So when they get the urge
They just go and liturge—
And I am the Queen of Romania.
– “Mrs. Don-o”
St. Therese of Lisieux with all her beautiful humility and depth of love for the Catholic Church would have been saddened that she was being used in this way.